College Student Counseling & Personnel Services at Western Michigan University

Every college student counseling and personnel services school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the college student counseling program at Western Michigan University stacks up to those at other schools.

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and has a total student population of 19,887.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in College Student Counseling & Personnel Services section at the bottom of this page.

WMU College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in College Student Counseling

WMU College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

College Student Counseling Student Demographics at WMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the college student counseling majors at Western Michigan University.

WMU College Student Counseling & Personnel Services Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of college student counseling master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 23% men graduate in college student counseling each year. WMU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

Of the students who received a college student counseling master's degree from WMU, 94% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Michigan University with a master's in college student counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services

Careers That College Student Counseling Grads May Go Into

A degree in college student counseling can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Western Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	6,910	$55,890

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.